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GaAs power semiconductor device operating at a low voltage and method for fabricating the same

US5760418A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 19, 1997
Grant dateJun 2, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S977/89
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a GaAs power semiconductor device operating at a low voltage and a method for fabricating the device, the method comprising the steps of sequentially forming a first undoped GaAs buffer layer, a superlattice layer, a second undoped GaAs buffer layer, a channel layer and a surface passivation layer on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate; etching a plurality of layers formed on the substrate using a device isolating mask so as to electrically isolate elements; selectively etching the surface passivation layer to form contact holes for source/drain formation and forming ohmic metallic layers in the contact holes; sequentially removing the surface passivation layer and the channel layer to some deep extent to form a contact hole for gate formation between the source and the drain; forming a gate in the contact hole and at the same time forming source and drain electrodes on the ohmic metallic layers; depositing a first SiN layer over the gate, the source and drain electrodes and the surface passivation layer; selectively etching the first SiN layer so as to expose top surfaces only of the source and drain electrodes; plating a gold layer only on the source and drain electrode…

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